University Esports UK & Ireland (formerly NUEL)
NUEL partners with Confetti ahead of £5m esports complex opening in bid to ‘further develop esports in the UK’
UK-based university esports body NUEL has partnered with education provider Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies, which is part […]
September 1, 2022
NUEL Amazon University Esports Summer 2022 tournament winners announced
The Amazon University Esports Summer Tournament concluded last week with the finale of the CSGO competitions. The summer-long tournament, which […]
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August 30, 2022
How NUEL’s Women and Non-Binary university tournaments are making esports more inclusive in the UK: ‘It’s fun to have a supportive and wholesome environment, and now we want to make the tournaments bigger and better’
Originally created by Anisah ‘Geomancy’ Munim and Natacha Jones, the NUEL’s Women and Non-Binary university esports tournaments have gone […]
May 11, 2022Confetti, NUEL and GGTech team up to host Amazon University Esports UK and Ireland finals
The UK’s Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies will be providing hosting duties for the grand finals of Amazon […]
April 11, 2022
Amazon University Esports 2022 Spring Split kicks off with more than £24,000 worth of prizes available to students in the UK & Ireland
The final stage of the 2021/22 Amazon University Esports tournament in the UK and Ireland has officially kicked […]
March 1, 2022Amazon University Esports reports record numbers in UK/Ireland Winter 2021 Season, with more students and societies participating
Record numbers of university students took part in the Winter 2021 season of Amazon University Esports in the […]
January 26, 2022
As Collegiate Rocket League expands to Europe, Psyonix tells Esports News UK how this will affect existing collegiate leagues in the UK like the NUEL, NSE and British Esports Student Champs
For transparency: Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco used to work full-time for British Esports between September 2016 […]
January 15, 2022
NUEL opens up tournaments to students in Ireland following closure of Irish Collegiate Esports
UK university esports body NUEL has opened up its tournaments to students based in the Republic of Ireland […]
September 29, 2021
Interview with EU League of Legends casters Noa and Carmeline on women in esports: “On one hand I know how important the exposure is for brands and media, and I know that we need it, but on the other hand I get angry when I see them using us for marketing, and only speak up about our problems one day per year”
March was Women’s History Month, and the esports industry took the chance to celebrate the many talented and […]
May 2, 2021NUEL Spring 2021 grand finals roundup: Which UK university teams won?
The grand finals for the spring season of UK university league NUEL concluded between March 28th and April […]
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April 18, 2021
UK League of Legends university ‘team’ exposed as AI bots
For anyone who has played League of Legends or DOTA then you may have been accused of being a ‘bot’. After a misplay or a fat finger or throwing an ultimate in the wrong direction can lead to wild accusations. You brush it aside and continue about your human business. Unfortunately this week, those accusations held a grain of truth. […]
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April 1, 2021
UK to field more LoL teams in the University Esports Masters with slots from both NUEL and NSE: “By working together, there’s a fantastic opportunity to widen the university esports community”
The University Esports Masters – the pan-European League of Legends collegiate tournament – will allow countries to field […]
February 4, 2021
Interview with UK CSGO player crit on winning 4 NUEL Championships in a row with UWE Sea Stags
Image credit: epic.LAN/Grosvenor CSGO final The University of West England’s CSGO team, UWE Sea-Stags, are one of the […]
January 1, 2021
Twitch Uni Heroes Awards winners announced, Warwick Esports win Society of the Term after strong Winter performances
University esports body the NUEL has announced the winners of its Twitch Uni Heroes Awards. The awards, backed […]
December 22, 2020
Elisabetta of Derby’s Pyjama Guardians on winning the NUEL’s LoL Women’s University final: ‘Tournaments like this create a really good sense of community where women can play and thrive together’
The captain of the winning team in the NUEL’s League of Legends Women’s University tournament has encouraged other […]
December 4, 2020